Tool for drawing spikes or bolts



(No Model H. N; LEWIS. TOOL FOR DRAWING SPIKES 0R BOLTS.

No. 558,968. Patented Apr. 28, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I'IOIVELL NORMAN LEWIS, OF GREEN COVE'SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

TOOL FOR DRAWING SPIKES OR BOLTS.

. SPEQIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 558,968, dated April28, 1896.

Application filed February 18, 1896. Serial No. 579,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWELL NORMAN LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Green Cove Springs, in the county of Clay and State ofFlorida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools forDrawing Spikes or Bolts; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in toolsfor drawing bolts on railroad and bridge work, it being especiallydesigned to pulling drift-bolts and spikes having either small or noheads at all, the invention being an improvement upon the tool for whichI have been allowed a patent, the application bearing Serial No.557,49i.

A further object of my improved tool resides in the provision of meanswhereby the head of the same may be held at its forwardmost throw orlimit by means of a slide carried on the handle, which slide or sleevehas a projecting portion which is designed to register with an apertureextending through the heel of the claw and having its end flush with thelower curved surface of the pivoted shoe, whereby the strain may bethrown somewhat on the extended portion of the slide when the shoe is ina certain position and in the act of drawing a bolt.

A further aim of my invention is to provide a means of getting a nippinghold on headless bolts or spikes or such as oifer only a short portionof their length capable of being gripped by a tool, which consists informing a biting edge between the lower free end of the main handle anda sharp edge at the outer portion of a recess in the shoe.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the sameconsists, furof reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings similar letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, in which-- Figure l isa central vertical section through the shoe and handle, showing the heelof the shoe locked to the rear side of thehandle. Fig. 2 is a similarView, the shoe being tilted, showing the extended portion of the slidelocking the shoe in a tilted relation and the lower end of the slide orextension thereof flush with the lower curved surface of the shoe.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Bdesignates the handle of the tool, which is pivoted in a recess in theshoe A and to the walls thereof on a pin a. The lower surface of thesaid shoe is convex in outline, and the lower wall of the recess of theshoe, in which is pivoted the handle, slants upward and forward at anangle, preferably, of about forty degrees and its lower limit forming,with that of the lower surface of the shoe, a sharp edge D, againstwhich edge the sharp edge E of the handle is adapted to bite. The lowerwalls of the said recess are cut away, as seen at G, so as to allowspikes or bolts of different widths bein g gripped.

The slide H works up and down on the handle B and carries a thumb-screwJ, whereby the slide may be locked at different locations on the handle.Near the heel of the shoe is a perforation or aperture a, of such a sizeas to allow the extension h of the slideII to register therewith when itis desired to lock the shoe in the position shown in Fig; 2. When theshoe is locked in the last-named position, it will be seen that thelower end of the extension is flush with the lower surface of the shoeand may form a fulcrum in the act of drawing a bolt. lVhen the slide isin the position shown in Fig. 1, the said extension serves to lock theheel of the shoe to the back side of the handle, as will be readilyseen.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim to be new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A tool for drawing drift-bolts, spikes &c., consisting of a shoe, ahandle pivoted in a re cess in said shoe, a slide adjustably held on Intestimony whereof I affix my signature the handle, an extended portionof the slide, in presence of two witnesses. designed to register with anaperture in the 7 p T ,7 heel of the shoe, and to have its lower endHOWVELL NORMAL 5 flush with the lower surface of the shoe, andWVitnesses:

means for locking the same in the said aper- J. D CHIsHoLM, ture,substantially as shown and described. V. WV. SHEDD.

